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The Dark Matter Problem : a Historical Perspective.
Describing the development of dark matter theory for cosmologists, astronomers and particle physicists.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Early history of the dark matter hypothesis; 3 The stability of disk galaxies: the dark-halo solution; 4 Direct evidence: extended rotation curves of spiral galaxies; 5 The maximum-disk: light traces mass; 6 Cosmology and the birth of astroparticle physics; 7 Clusters revisited: missing mass found; 8 CDM confronts galaxy rotation curves; 9 The new cosmology: introducing dark energy; 10 An alternative to dark matter: modified Newtonian dynamics; 11 Seeing dark matter: the theory and practice of detection.
- 12 Reflections: a personal point of viewAppendix Astronomy made simple; References; Index.